Dongsheng City in the pre-Ming Dynasty is located in the west of the Yellow River, where it turns to the south, its north is Yinshan, and the south is the Jinshan Gorge in the middle reaches of the Yellow River rushing down to the south.

It is worth noting that the nest of the Tumut tribe, the core tribe led by Altan Khan, is actually in this area, or more precisely, in this narrow grassland south of Yinshan and north of the Yellow River, this place is called Fengzhou River, and now it is also called Tumo River.

Southwest of Dongshengcheng, across the Yellow River, is the northeastern region of the Hetao, which is one of the 30,000 households controlled by Altan Khan, the old nest of the Ordos Department.

If the Tang Empire were to move north along the Yellow River and then rebuild Dongshengcheng under the old system of Dongshengcheng, it would become a huge nail in the coffin of Altan Khan's rule, not only to sever the strategic link between the Tumut and Ordos tribes, but also to threaten them at any time.

In such a place, if Altan Khan could see it and let the Tang Empire occupy it without doing anything, it would be almost impossible.

If he really lets it go, then Deng Xide has nothing to say, he can only say that you are awesome, Lao Tzu obeys you!

But this situation is basically impossible, because if Altan Khan really wants to do this, then he can basically declare that he will voluntarily abandon the Tumo River and the eastern part of the Hetao, and the Tatars will not be able to accept the blow.

It is precisely because I think that Dongsheng City is so important, so in this battle plan of the Ninth Army, the reconstruction of Dongsheng City will become the top priority!

However, it is not easy to rebuild Dongsheng City, it is certainly not easy, anyway, relying only on the strength of the Ninth Army itself, it is estimated that it will not be possible to do it in a short time.

After all, it is easy to build a lonely city, but how to garrison it for a long time is a big problem, it takes time to reclaim, and the transportation of grain and grass will face the invasion of the enemy.

Deng Xide: Do they know that it is not easy?

Know.

So why make plans to try to rebuild Tokatsu Castle!

Because Dongsheng City is too important, the civil and military ministers of the Tang Empire know, and I believe that the Tatars also know that if the Tatars do not want to lose the strategic initiative in Tumochuan and the eastern part of the Hetao, Dongsheng City will definitely not be able to rebuild the Tang Empire.

So once the Tatars knew that the Tang Empire wanted to rebuild Dongsheng City, what would be their reaction?

It is very likely that heavy troops will be gathered to stop this act of the Tang Empire, and at this time, the Tang Army can give full play to its advantages: defensive operations!

Defensive operations are one of the few strategic advantages of the Tang Army in the face of the Tatars, relying on guns and infantry units, so far, the advantage of defensive operations is very large, greater than the advantage of a frontal decisive battle in the field!

As long as they dare to attack the city, Deng Xide dares to guarantee that they will not be able to go back!

Even if they take a step back, they don't take the initiative to attack stupidly, but as long as they appear in the surrounding areas, then they can give the cavalry troops a chance to kill and injure them.

The generals of the Ninth Army hoped that Dongsheng City would become a big magnet for the Tatars to pounce!

At that time, 15,000 cavalry troops will move on the flanks and act as a separate cavalry corps, and the rear does not need them to participate in the defense and maintenance of supply lines, etc., but only gives them a strategic goal, which is to find opportunities and kill and wound the enemy.

The infantry troops are gradually advancing along the Yellow River, building forts along the way, establishing logistics supply lines, and killing all the way to Dongshengcheng and rebuilding Dongshengcheng.

To put it bluntly, in this battle plan, the cavalry is the main combat force, and the infantry unit is actually the logistics force that acts as these cavalry!

The plan looks very simple, but it is very troublesome to do, in order to liberate the cavalry and let them move freely, then the infantry needs to bear great pressure, the Tatar cavalry will not watch the Tang Dynasty go deep into the grassland, they will definitely do everything possible to attack the logistics supply line of the Tang Army.

After the battle plan was decided, the Ninth Army also moved quickly, first of all, the reorganization of the cavalry units, which now had two cavalry divisions, one cuirassier regiment, and six light cavalry regiments.

Therefore, the commander of the Ninth Army, Deng Xide, ordered the establishment of a cavalry corps, and among the above-mentioned cavalry units, except for one light cavalry regiment, which would be transferred to the military headquarters of the Ninth Army directly under the command of Deng Xide.

The remaining cavalry units were to be incorporated into the cavalry corps and divided into three parts, one light cavalry regiment reinforced in each of the two cavalry divisions to form the left and right armies of the cavalry corps, and the remaining one cuirassier regiment and three light cavalry regiments were formed as the central army.

The commander of the cavalry corps will be served by Major General Kang Changning, who is not very famous in the army, and he is a little old, he is still an old bandit, and the identity of the old bandit also means that this person is the first group of ministers from the dragon in the Tang Army.

During the Huangzhushan period, he was already a dragon, fighting under Cao Mingda, a bandit-born cavalry general, and before Lu Yuzhi got up, he was also Lu Yuzhi's top boss.

However, Lu Yu's life was good, and he soon soared into the sky, he could only boil slowly, but luck, coupled with his own hard work, he was still in his forties and shamelessly invited a literati to teach him to read and write, and he also ran to the martial arts hall and the imperial school hall to audit at the end of three days.

In this way, it can be regarded as keeping up with the pace of development of the Tang Army, not failing to keep up with the times like his boss Cao Mingda, in the later stage of the Unification War, it was basically reduced to second-rate, and after the Unification War, he basically couldn't mix in the army, and finally reluctantly retired from active service.

The Son of Heaven was merciful, and before he retired, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and rewarded him with a viscount.

Kang Changning's own willingness to learn, and his luck is good, he has always led the cavalry troops to fight in the south and the north, and he has mixed up a lot of military exploits after Lu Yu, so as to avoid the end of the unification war to keep his position.

In the eight years of Xuanping, he was promoted to major general of the army after many years, and then served as the commander of cavalry brigades and cavalry divisions many times.

He is one of the veteran cavalry generals in the army, and he has always been on the front line, and he did not put Nanshan like others, and after the war, he was transferred back to Jinling for retirement by an edict.

For the past three years, he has been the commander of the Fifth Cavalry Division, and last year he was transferred to the deputy commander of the Ninth Army.

Only in this way can a cavalry general with deep enough qualifications be able to suppress other proud generals of the cavalry unit.

Although his military rank is only a major general, he has deep qualifications, his military merits are not bad, and he also has the title of viscount, and other cavalry generals in the army, even if they are also major generals, have to honestly hold their tails in front of him and shout a senior!

With such a veteran commanding the cavalry corps, Deng Xide is also relieved!

And the large infantry unit is naturally commanded by him Deng Xide himself!

The plan was formulated, and the order was issued, but Deng Xide was still busy, as the commander of an army, he had to be busy with more things, but it was not just enough to command the war, and he had to deal with all other messy things.

Relatively speaking, the division commanders, brigade commanders, and regiment commanders below are more pure, and they can fight with peace of mind!

Don't talk about Deng Xide, but say Kang Changning, after receiving the order, he also seemed a little excited, he has fought more battles, but commanding a cavalry force of more than 10,000 people, to be honest, has never been.

Well, don't talk about him, no one in the entire Tang Army has this kind of experience at present, including Lu Yuzhi.

Because the Datang Army has never had such a large cavalry unit before!

When the scale of cavalry operations was the largest, that is, during the Liaodong Campaign, it was the cavalry commanded by Lu Yuzhi at that time, but the cavalry he commanded back then was only 10,000 people, and a considerable part of these cavalry were still divisional cavalry.

It is precisely because everyone has no experience that this is the reason why Kang Changning was able to get the opportunity to command.

First of all, Deng Xide felt that although this veteran was average in talent and couldn't come up with any whimsical tactics, he was better than the group of arrogant generals who were senior and could suppress the cavalry, and at the same time, he was mature and stable enough, and he would not mess around with some nonsense, and he would honestly implement the established battle plan.

Sometimes, the more talented a general is, the better, because such people tend to take risks and take risks.

Once the adventure is successful, then it is a great victory, but if the adventure fails, it will often bury the whole army.

This is also the reason why in the army, Hao Bonian's status is higher than Li Chunjing.

Li Chunjing's military talent, that's not to say, among many high-ranking generals, it can even be said that he can be the first, but this person likes to take risks when he commands operations.

Every time he led his troops to fight, he made the group of people behind him anxious, for fear that he would be defeated and the whole army would be wiped out.

Even if Li Xuan, the Son of Heaven, cherishes his talent, he can only use him selectively.

Hao Bonian is different, this person likes to play steadily, occasionally use a little strategy or something, and rarely take any huge risks to pursue big wins.

And such a general is even more reassuring, because there will be no big mistakes, as long as he is given enough troops, he will basically not lose.

Of course, if the troops on hand are not enough and the strength is not good, Hao Bonian will also take risks to play some surprise attacks and the like, but this is unavoidable, and there is an essential difference between Li Chunjing and Li Chunjing's natural adventurousness.

Kang Changning, like Hao Bonian, seems to be a general who is not very prominent, but in fact it is very reassuring.

Otherwise, after the end of the Unification War, so many early generals were replaced by those of the new generation of generals, and then they were forced to transfer to the local reserve forces or return to Jinling City to retire, while he himself was able to stay on the northern border and lead the troops.

However, even Kang Changning, who is in his fifties and has a mature and steady personality, is also excited when faced with the opportunity to command the army to fight north and have the opportunity to establish a huge meritorious service.

Because he knows that this opportunity is probably the last chance for him to win the rank of lieutenant general in this life.

If he misses this time, I am afraid that in a few years, he will be forced to retire from active service because of his age and to make way for his juniors, and the best end is to return to Jinling City for retirement.

After all, a turnip is a pit, and if a veteran like him does not retreat, the generals of the new generation will have no chance to climb up.

Not to mention a major general like him, even Hao Bonian and them still have to make way for the new generation of generals like Deng Xide, and obediently return to Jinling City to retire!

Time is not waiting for me!

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